Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Alabama
Convenience stores in the Enterprise, AL area
How the Enterprise, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #30 of 529 scored small-town markets
#1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $122.1M
- On groceries · $5,820 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,953
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, the Enterprise area has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #30 of 529 scored small-town markets and #1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for convenience stores.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 convenience stores in the Enterprise area. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in the Enterprise area comes to about $122.1M a year: $5,820 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 convenience stores, that is $6.8M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Enterprise area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 6,995 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Enterprise area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Enterprise area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Enterprise area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 10.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $5.5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,995 | 4,722 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +74.1% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,820 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,353 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $310K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Enterprise area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Enterprise area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,953+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 20,984
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 679 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $68,353+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,186
- Median home value
- $188,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,173
- Daytime population
- 51,210Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Enterprise area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 79 | 18 | 8.6 | $6.8M | +6.3% | #30 of 529 |
| 2Cullman, AL | 67 | 37 | 10.5 | $5.4M | +6.7% | #114 of 529 |
| 3Albertville, AL | 63 | 37 | 10.1 | $5.6M | +6.0% | #151 of 529 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 49 | 16 | 8.1 | $6.7M | +1.3% | #290 of 529 |
| 5Scottsboro, AL | 48 | 30 | 13.8 | $3.9M | +3.3% | #306 of 529 |
| 6Troy, AL | 43 | 13 | 10.4 | $5.1M | +2.4% | #348 of 529 |
| 7Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 38 | 54 | 14.2 | $3.8M | 0.0% | #387 of 529 |
| 8Fort Payne, AL | 34 | 52 | 19.9 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #421 of 529 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 33 | 13 | 10.9 | $4.9M | +1.1% | #422 of 529 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 32 | 50 | 12.4 | $4.4M | +3.0% | #429 of 529 |
Other business types in the Enterprise area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores67
- Convenience stores79
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in the Enterprise, AL area?
The Enterprise area has 18 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Enterprise, AL area spend on groceries?
About $122.1M a year, or $5,820 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,984 households in the Enterprise area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Enterprise, AL area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Enterprise area has 8.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.8M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Enterprise area would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,995 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Enterprise, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Enterprise area at 56,953 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,984 households. Median household income in the Enterprise area is $68,353, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Enterprise area scores 79 for convenience stores (high), #30 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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